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Prof N Pidgeon, Prof K Henwood
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
This 3-year interdisciplinary studentship aims to examine how people understand and use their existing domestic electricity supply (mapping the material, cultural and psychological benefits that this has for them - warmth, communications, identity futures, etc.) and to explore the acceptability of possible future transformations in that supply and the services it can provide. It will be jointly supervised by Professor Nick Pidgeon (Cardiff School of Psychology) and Professor Karen Henwood (Cardiff School of Social Sciences). The successful candidate will have a background in applied, social or community psychology, qualitative social sciences (e.g. sociology or human geography), or science and technology studies.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research community based at Cardiff University’s Understanding Risk Research Group within the School of Psychology (www.understanding-risk.org).
The supervisors will be Professor Nick Pidgeon (Cardiff School of Psychology) and Professor Karen Henwood (Cardiff School of Social Sciences). Both have extensive prior experience in studying public perceptions and understanding of environmental and technological risks, cultural identities, energy in the everyday, and in future energy transformations.
The +3 studentship assumes that the applicant will already have had advanced social sciences research training, typically from their MSc degree.
Studentships will commence in October 2012 and will cover your tuition fees as well as a maintenance grant and an additional Research Training Support Grant (RTSG). In 2011-12 the maintenance grant for full-time students was £13,590 and the RTSG was £1000. The award levels for 2012-13 have yet to be published by the ESRC.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary research community based at Cardiff University’s Understanding Risk Research Group within the School of Psychology (www.understanding-risk.org).
The supervisors will be Professor Nick Pidgeon (Cardiff School of Psychology) and Professor Karen Henwood (Cardiff School of Social Sciences). Both have extensive prior experience in studying public perceptions and understanding of environmental and technological risks, cultural identities, energy in the everyday, and in future energy transformations.
The +3 studentship assumes that the applicant will already have had advanced social sciences research training, typically from their MSc degree.
Studentships will commence in October 2012 and will cover your tuition fees as well as a maintenance grant and an additional Research Training Support Grant (RTSG). In 2011-12 the maintenance grant for full-time students was £13,590 and the RTSG was £1000. The award levels for 2012-13 have yet to be published by the ESRC.
Funding Notes
Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals, and EU students who can satisfy UK residency requirements. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must have been in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the course for which they are seeking funding, including for the purposes of full-time education. EU Nationals who do not meet the above residency requirement are eligible for a fees-only award, provided they have been ordinarily resident in the EU for at least 3 years prior to the start of their proposed programme of study.
References
ESRC studentships are available from the Wales DTC for UK and EU students who meet residency requirements set out by the ESRC. Please consult the ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guides (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/funding-opportunities/looking-for-funding/postgraduate-funding-guide.aspx) for full details on residential eligibility requirements.
ESRC studentship funding is highly competitive. In view of the limited number of awards and the very high standard of applications received, successful applicants are likely to have a very good first degree (a First or Upper Second class BSc Honours or equivalent), and an appropriate Masters degree (with an average mark of at least 65).
ESRC studentship funding is highly competitive. In view of the limited number of awards and the very high standard of applications received, successful applicants are likely to have a very good first degree (a First or Upper Second class BSc Honours or equivalent), and an appropriate Masters degree (with an average mark of at least 65).
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